What treasures Helen Mirren and Ian McKellen are, and what a gift director Bill Condon has given us by pairing them up in "The Good Liar," a delightfully twisty tale.&dash; Star-Democrat (Easton, MD) - EDIT

... Gets enough right that it feels like it belongs in this franchise, which is a compliment and something you couldn't say about the three previous installments.&dash; Star-Democrat (Easton, MD) - EDIT

If you're into this sort of thing, the combination of suspense, gore and wicked comedy is riotously entertaining - a recipe destined to make "Ready or Not" a cult classic for years to come.&dash; Star-Democrat (Easton, MD) - EDIT

Tremblay, Williams and Noon are terrific as the central trio, and it takes a confident director who knows exactly what he wants to get such performances out of actors this young.&dash; Star-Democrat (Easton, MD) - EDIT

acked with enough murders, betrayals and more murders to fill several seasons of "The Sopranos," or at least a three-hour Martin Scorsese epic, "The Kitchen" feels a lot longer than its 102 minute running time.&dash; Star-Democrat (Easton, MD) - EDIT

If you buy into the characters - and at this point, audiences clearly have done that - you'll accept and expect action set pieces as ridiculously over the top as they are here. &dash; Star-Democrat (Easton, MD) - EDIT

"The Farewell" drips with authenticity as it examines - and gives equal weight and respect to - the disparate traditions and values of its two colliding cultures.&dash; Star-Democrat (Easton, MD) - EDIT

... There simply isn't enough story to sustain this live-action "Dumbo," which, at just under two hours, runs nearly twice as long as Disney's 1941 animated classic.&dash; Star-Democrat (Easton, MD) - EDIT

With minimal gore, Peele prefers to get inside his viewers' heads. Scaring you is the first thing he wants to do, but he'll ask you to think while he's there, too.&dash; Star-Democrat (Easton, MD) - EDIT

While it's impossible to look at any Marvel product without considering how it fits into the larger puzzle, "Captain Marvel," much like last year's "Black Panther," deserves to stand on its own as much as it can.&dash; Star-Democrat (Easton, MD) - EDIT

The movie begins and ends with Jack singing about London's skies, and even though Mary Poppins is the magical one, he does more to impact the plot than anyone else.&dash; Star-Democrat (Easton, MD) - EDIT